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Academic achievement

Honor Roll

Jefferson recognizes two levels of honor roll:

  • High Honor Roll: students earning a GPA of 4.0
  • Honor Roll: students earning a GPA of 3.50-3.99

Students must have a minimum of 5 classes with grades to qualify for any honor roll. Plus and minus (+ and -) may be given by teachers, but are not used in the GPA calculation. M (medical), S (satisfactory) and (no grade) are not used in the calculation of the honor rolls.

Following is the grade legend used at Jefferson:

  • A = 4.0
  • B = 3.0
  • C = 2.0
  • D = 1.0
  • F = 0.0
school paper marked with A-plus

Gifted Services

Students receiving gifted services can be found in any cultural group or within any economic stratum and require special instruction, services, and/or activities not ordinarily provided by the general education program. Students who are identified for gifted services perform, or show the potential for performing, at high levels of accomplishment when compared with their peers. These students exhibit high performance capacity in intellectual ability and/or a specific academic field.

Students identified for gifted services in Woodridge 68 will be provided direction, time, encouragement, and resources to develop their potential. District staff members will work with parents, students, and community members to determine students in need of gifted services from all backgrounds. Woodridge 68 will offer these students the differentiated instruction and opportunities they need to be able to thrive and succeed.

Learn more about the Woodridge 68 Gifted Services program

Gifted program at Jefferson:

  • Students identified for gifted literacy-based services will be grouped together for Advanced Language Arts and Social Studies.
  • Accelerated course options in math and science will be available to all students (this decision is determined by the gifted committee based on numerous data points).
  • Students will be heterogeneously mixed with other students for lunch, exploratory classes, and physical education.
  • Teachers will receive gifted education professional development support.
  • Seventh and eighth grade students will loop with the same specialized teachers for seventh and eighth grade.